Car-door



H. ALSOP.

GAR DOOR,

(No Model.)

, Patented Jan. 8, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EETcE,

HENRY ALSOP, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CAR=DOCRI SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,805, dated January 8, 1889.

Application filed February 18, 1888. $eria1N0. 264,530. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY ALSOP, of (hicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Doors, of which the follow ing is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in cardoors intended for stock and general freight, such as grain, coal, and the like; and the invention seeks, among other improvements, to form the door with a bridge-like section or portion loosely or pivotally connected at its lower edge with the car, so such section, when released, may be free to turn outward onto a platform or chute and form a bridge between said platform or chute and car for the passage of stock into or out of the car.

The invention consists in certain improved constructions and novel combinations of parts, as will be described and claimed.

In the d 'awings, Figure 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section, of a portion of a car provided with my improvements.

The car A has the door-opening Ii, and the door is formed of an upper section, t, and a lower section, D, the latter being adapted to turn outward and form a bridge-like portion for the safe passage of stock out of or into the ear, the upper section, being supported to slide to one side of the door opening or way B. In describin the construction specifically the upper section, 0, maybe said to have hangers c, which lap over and are movable along the upper rail, E, extended over and to one side of the doorway. The hangers are so connected with the rail as to permit the section 0 to be swung or moved out slightly at its lower edge, in order that it may slide over the fastening devices on the side of the car. The bridgesection D has its lower edge pivotally or loosely connected with the car, so it may turn outward from such car, and I also connect it so the bridge-section may be adjusted along the car in the direction of its length. To this end I provide at the lower edge of the section D eyes f, which. turn and slide 011 a rod or rail, F, extended below the door-opening, thus permitting the bridge-section to be adjusted slightly in the direction of length of the ear, to enable it to be pr0perly registered with a platform or chute when the car is stopped with its doorway not directly opposite such parts.

In stock-cars there is ordinarily an accumulation of filth and bedding to a depth of several inches, which freezes, and when the lower edge of the door rests flush with the floor, as is usual, binds such door in position, so that force need be exerted by a crow-bar or otherwise to open the said door. To avoid this I provide in stock-ears a ledge, G, extending in a car about four inches above the floor, and the lower edge of the .door rests 011 said upwardly-projected ledge, so the door will not likely be frozen in position.

In securing the upper and lower sections of the door it is preferred to fasten them to each other, and also to fasten both sections independently to the body of the car. To this end I provide the outer side of the bridgesection at its upper edge with a hasp, l, which fits over a staple, 2, on the upper section, and may be secured by a pin, padlock, or other suitable lock-seal, if desired. I also provide on each side of the door-sections hasps 3, to fit over staples 4 on the car, so the sections can be secured independently to the car.

The construction is very simple, inexpensive, and will be found useful in the loading and unloading of all freight-cars, but particularly so on stock-cars, the safe loading and unloading of which are rendered much easier there by, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. A car having its door formed with a bridge-like section provided at its lower edge with eyes,'combined with a rod on which said eyes are fitted to turn and slide, such rod bein g extended laterally beyond the eyes, where by the said bridgelike section maybe swung outward or may be moved in the direction of length of the car, substantially as set forth.

The combination of the car having a doorway, a rod, F, extended below said doorway, the door-section D, provided with eyes fitting and capable of turning on and moving along said rod F, the rail E, extended above the doorway, the door-section 0, having hangers engaging said rail, a fastening device for securing said door-sections together, and fast ening's for securing such sections to the car, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the ear, the (1001' formed of upper and lower sections, a rod extended below the doorway, and eyes secured to the lower section and fitted on the rod, such rod being extended laterally beyond the eyes,

whereby the eyes may slide along or turn 011 said rod, all substantially as and for the pur- IO poses specified.

HENRY ALSOP.

Vitnesses:

E. M. STEoK, H. B. STECK. 

